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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "improve the occasion"
},
{
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"word": "occasional"
},
{
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"word": "on occasion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rise to the occasion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "take occasion"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱh₂d-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "occasion"
},
"expansion": "Middle French occasion",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "occasiun"
},
"expansion": "Old French occasiun",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "occasiō",
"4": "occasiōnem"
},
"expansion": "Latin occasiōnem",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "occasus"
},
"expansion": "occasus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "occido"
},
"expansion": "occido",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ob-",
"3": "",
"4": "down\", \"away"
},
"expansion": "ob- (“down\", \"away”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cado",
"3": "",
"4": "fall"
},
"expansion": "cado (“fall”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down\", \"away”) + verb cado (“fall”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "occasions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "occasion (countable and uncountable, plural occasions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"oc‧ca‧sion"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd",
"text": "I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance."
],
"id": "en-occasion-en-noun-XGCp7z8B",
"links": [
[
"favorable",
"favorable"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"convenient",
"convenient"
],
[
"timely",
"timely"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "furṣa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فُرْصَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "munāsaba",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُنَاسَبَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "abagune"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "aukera"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výpadak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́падак"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "moōka",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "মওকা"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzmóžnost",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "възмо́жност"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udóben slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "удо́бен слу́чай"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasió"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎnghé",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "场合"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機會"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīhuì",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "机会"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejlighed"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gelegenheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "tilaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "mahdollisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasion"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oportunidade"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "lēw",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌻𐌴𐍅"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kairós",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καιρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "alkalom"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasione"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"alt": "ばあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "baai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"alt": "きかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kikai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機会"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaokaah",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "ឱកាស"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"alt": "機會",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gihoe",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "기회"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"alt": "境遇",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeong'u",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "경우"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slučaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "случај"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "monâsebat",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "مناسبت"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wypadek"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "okazja"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasião"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocazie"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "situație favorabilă"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу̏ча̄ј"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "slȕčāj"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "awasthāwa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "අවස්ථාව"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priložnost"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tillfälle"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výpadok",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́падок"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocåzion"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tchance"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 3 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
}
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "10 13 32 2 2 3 5 27 2 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "on this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The time when something happens."
],
"id": "en-occasion-en-noun-f1AAbW6n",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "時機"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíjī",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "时机"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "tilaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þeihs",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "takunetanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "lyakur"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "preke"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 4 2 0 18 1 3 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
}
]
},
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had no occasion to feel offended, however.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason."
],
"id": "en-occasion-en-noun-wXKN~Kmw",
"links": [
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčka",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слу́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbítie",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "съби́тие"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anledning"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanleiding"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accuis"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "powód"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "ru",
"english": "event",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobýtije",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "собы́тие"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dôvod"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "tillfällighet"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "skäl"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 32 6 18 6 3 9 18",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
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{
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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{
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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],
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "lēw",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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{
"code": "si",
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"roman": "awasthāwa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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],
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},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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"word": "tillfälle"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "výpadok",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "favorable opportunity",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "時機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíjī",
"sense": "time when something happens",
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},
{
"code": "cs",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "tilaisuus"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "time when something happens",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "takunetanga"
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"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
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"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
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"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
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{
"code": "ru",
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},
{
"code": "sk",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"code": "txb",
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{
"code": "cy",
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],
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "sǎbítie",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "aanleiding"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accuis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "de",
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],
"word": "Anlass"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "particular happening",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ricorrenza"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "ocasião"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "particular happening",
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"word": "întâmplare"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
"english": "chance",
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"roman": "vozmóžnostʹ",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "возмо́жность"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "pl",
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